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Up txnd Down tho Plko.
The sun had gone upon a strike
As slowly down the brick-paved "Pike"
A youth trudged on with might and
main
And gave voice to the loud refrain:
"Jtubber!"
"Whence goest thou?" I asked the hoy.
Why on your face this look of joy?"
Tho ln.fl Innlffid tin with irleamlncr eve
And voiced this loud ana clear reply:
"Rubber!"
"Creation" dawned upon his sight;
'The Alps" rose to a dizzy height:
''Galveston's Flood" arose and fell,
And at each sight the jouth did yell:
"Rubber!"
"Hale's Firemen" to the rescue came
And quickly quenched the roaring
flame;
And in the "Naval Show" the shells
Exploded 'mid3t resounding 'yells:
"Rubber!"
"Jim Key" with equine 3kill and grace
Did stunts that filled with cheers the
place.
And all the while the trudging youth
Cried as he passed from booth to
booth:
"Rubber!"
His eyes took on a steely gaze;
He saw things through a misty .haze.
Jbiis tcet long sino had gone to wreck,
Yet stlllhe stretched his weary neck
"Rubbei!"
When morning dawned ho couldn't
rise.
A heavy sleep held fast his eyes,
But as he dreamed the echoes woke
As with a shriek this word he spoke:
"Rubber!"
Go count how many necks there be
Stretched out upon "The Pike" to see.
Enumerate as oest you mav
And then, like this tired laddie, say:
"Kuuoeri"
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St. Louis, Mo., May 24. When Chi
cago opened the Worlds Columbian
exposition, wise people shook their
heads and oraculary declared that the
world would not see another exposi
tion so great wichin a hundred years.
it looKeu nice a good guess then. But
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off and opened an exposition that made
tho ono at Chicago look like three
tenths of a dollar
Tho "Whether" man and the part
ner of his joys and sorrows have beon
-Piking" down hero for several days,
and their experiences may bo of inter
est to Commoner readers who antici
pate visiting St. Louis later in the
season. First, the American people
should bear in mind that this is the
greatest exposition 'that ever hap
pened. Second, as the exposition busi
ness has been woefully overdone of
late years, tho chances aro that this
will bo tho last groat exposition for
many years to como. Therefore, those
who can spare the time and the money
really ought to see this one. The ex
pense is comparatively sraall-that is
the- expense is small compared to the
enjoyment one can got out ol a visit
to tho exposition. rf Vn n,r .ii..
J 600 miles of.tS. Lpuis you can spend a
week here at about the following ex
pense: Railroad fare ?15.00
Room seven days 700
Twenty one meals, Ht 2oC . .. 5.25
S'even admissions to fair 3.60
Street car fare! ?0
"Pike" attractions d.uu
Sundries 5.00
Total ? $41.45
Call it an even $40, and you have a
liberal estimate. You can spend ten
times that much If you have it. The
"Whether" man didn't have it.
And it will be worth every cent of
it. Tho trouble is that the exposition
is too awfully big. Just as one be
gins looking at something interesting
one sees something more interesting.
Every time tho "Whether" man began
feasting his eyes upon some glorious
sight his better halt would grab him
by the arm and yank him over to see
something she thought more glorious.
When she got aown into the Parisian
section of the Varied Industries build
ing and began looking at the sweet
costumes, tho "Whether" man thought
he would see no more. She showed an
inclination to camp right there and
have her meals sent in.
There are plenty ot hotels and pri
vate rooms for all who may visit the
exposition, Competition ,will keep the
price within reason, so intending visi
tors need have no fears on 'that scoie.
The state buildings ar fine, and of
course Missouri's is tho finest. As a
native Missourian tho "Whether" man
took great pride in this fact. As a
Nebraskan he felt humiliated because
Nebraska has no bulldiner on tho
grounds. But over in Agricultuial
I hall a mprn hnvol n linl? o n in,.
and 500 feet wide Nebraska has an
exhibit that tops anything there.
Uncle Sam's building is a beauty,
and it contains enough of interest to
keep a visitor busy for a week. Our
avuncular relative is engaged in many
and varied industries, and ho shows
all of them in this building. You may
see the tide rise and fall, watch the
making of death -dealing cartridges
and see the operation of rapid lire
rifies and big gun3. as a matter of
fact, it appears that just now our Un
cle Sam is paying vastly more atten
tion to the manufacture an a norronn,,
of death-dealing devices .ban he is to
tuuae uimgs wmen contrute to com
fort and happiness. On all sides you
see guns, gatlings, rifles, cannon
sheila, swords, bombs, torpedoes, bat
tleships, forts, mines and cruisers
The section devoted to the departmpnr'
which looks after the health or toe
general public dould be put into t e
space" occupied by the mechanism of
one of the big guns. or
in?!1 reiP natl011s JaPa takes the
Sin "ir;f,??d beau of exhibit!
J- V ' UU11U1"B contains something
from Japan. In tho vn',i t"-.is
from Japan, m the Varied IndusWeS
building these "Oriental Yankee
twVn, eX?ibIt of ""IP inSSsSSs
that is simply marvelous. The "Who!
thor" man s companion ctopped before
fmrnetr " " "
claSd.1 WiSU W had that '' ex-
theIXrUr' U Siting to
The Jap smiled fimrorori HiJ-
a montaLcmculalS anVUo
"Five thousand, dollars. '
A compromise was made by buying
a 90-cent lacquered platter.
In the same section there is an ex
hibit of ivory carvings. One Japanese
carver has carved from an elephant's
tusk, and all in one piece, eight ele
phants marching single tile, each hold
ing his trunk aloft. Tho smallest ele
phant is about the size of the "Whe
ther" man's salary and the largest one
about the size of his two lists, and the
whole is about four feet long. This
ivory carving is valued at ?2,000, ana
looks like it was worth the money.
Close by is an ivory vase, fifteen
inches high and six inches wide at the
widest part. ' So delicate is the carv
ing that it looks like a pattern of ex
quisite lace. The owner says he will
sell it for $1,800 but the "Whether"
man persuaded his wife to pass it up
and take a dollar "stelA" as a sou
venir instead.
Germany has a magnificent exhibit,
and it inconstantly crowded by Amer
icans who trace their descent from the
Fatherland, and. they enjoy it to the
utmost.
If you have only a week or ten days
to spend at the fair, send for a guide
book aul mark out your itinerary be
fore you go. Then, after you got there,
stick to the itinerary marked out.
You'll get swamped if you do not, and
will miss most of the good things.
Start in with the government exhibit.
Then take in Liberal Arts, Varied In
dustries, Electricity, Education, Trans
portation and Machinery. Spend the
days in these buildings. In the evening
spend an hour listening to Sousa or
Innes, and after dinner "spend three or
four hours on "rhe Pike."
"The Pike!" From one end to the
other it is filled with great spectacles,
curious peoples, queer costumes,
quaint customs, foaming ' beer and
high-priced lunches. You can sc-e
there nearly every race of people on
earth, hear almost every known lan
guage, and spend money faster than
Uncle S'am can coin it. Koughfy esti
mated, there are on "Tho Pike" 3,750
well devised schemes for separating
the visitor from his com. But be it
said in all candor, most o" the methods
include an adequate return. You get
the worth of your morie: in nearly all
of "The Pike" attractions. And you
can enjoy yourself immensely without
spending a cent 'although few do so.
Some mathematician has iigured It
out that the visitor can see everything
o n"The Pike" for $52. This, however,
does not include wear and tear on tho
feelings. The exposition management
deserves the hearty thanks of all
clean-minded men and women for one
thing, and that is this: "The Pike'
is practically free from the immoral
and debauching spectacles that made
the Midway at Chicago a stench in tue
nostrils of respectability. Common
sense has taught men that catering io
respectability is more profitable and
satisfactory than pandering to vice.
The grounds embrace nearly 1,400
acres, but tho intramural cars carry
you to all parts in a few minutes. Tue
service is good, but the cars stop run
ning at H p. m. The other night the
'Whether" man and about 200 other
Nebraskans tarried too long at "The
Pike' It was dark and terribly mud
dy. From "The Pike" to the hostelry
is about a mile ana a half, and on this
particular occasion the mile and a hall
meant almost twelve furiongs of mud.
During the walk tho crowd generated
enough heat to keep those cars run
ning for a month without any ex
pense for fuel.
The "souvenir fiend? is everywhere
He is beseiging you constantly, and
he or she has a most beguiling way.
Onco you get startod on the Souvenir
fad at St. Louis you'd better begin
making arrangements to draw on your
home bank or wire your employer lor
an advance of, a week's salary.
By all means visit the Louisiana
Purchase exposition if you can. vo
not. be deceived by ,the reports of ex
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